Safety swing seat



June 29, 196 5 F IG.

R. J. BRILZ SAFETY SWING SEAT Filed March 12, 1962 INVENTOR. RA LPH BRILZ United States Patent 0 3,191,932 SAFETY SWING SEAT Ralph J. Brilz, Box 1899, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada Filed Mar. 12, 1962, Ser. No. 178,897 1 Claim. "(CL 272-85) This invention relates to playground devices and more particularly to swings for children.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a swing seat that substantially reduces the danger of a child falling out of it.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a comfortable seat and a seat that requires less effort to start a general swinging action.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a swing seat bearing the above objects in mind that is of simple construction, has a minimum number of parts, is inexpensive to manufacture and efiicient in operation and use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of the present invention shown in elevation;

FIG. 2 is an end view of FIG. 1.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, a swing 10 made in accordance with the present invention is shown to include a pair of spaced apart and substantially circular hoops 12 over which a segment of the bottommost arc is secured by any suitable means. A substantially flexible and cushioned arcuate-shaped comfortable seat 18, each hoop member being secured to said seat member throughout the length of the latter and adjacent one longitudinal edge thereof. A cross bar 14 is fixedly secured therewithin and flush therewith substantially above the center axis of the hoops 12, and a substantially arcuate support bar 16 is fixedly secured substantially below the center axis and flush with the sides of the hoops 12. A support bracket 20 having a circular and arcuate opening 22 encompasses and supports the hoops 12 substantially near the center of gravity of the hoops 12 and fixedly secured therethrough at their uppermost ends are pins 24 which support the entire structure of swing 10 by chain 28, which are secured to any suitable overhead mounting in the well known manner.

In operation, the child sits upon the seat 18 and the flexibility of the surface retains the child comfortable and gently. The child starts to swing and thus the curved seat 18 permits the child to swing with less effort than was heretofore required. As the curve of the swing starts a gentle swinging action with the slightest movement of the childs legs, the child can get a gentle high or low swing with a minimum of effort and strain.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A swing device comprising an arcuate substantially symmetrically shaped flexible seat member of substantially uniform width throughout its length and being normally oriented in substan tially horizontal relation,

a pair of substantially identical vertically disposed circular hoop members arranged in laterally spacedapart substantially parallel relation, each hoop member'being secured along the lower arcuate portion thereof to said seat member throughout the length of the latter and adjacent one longitudinal edge thereof, whereby said hoop members define side frames, the diameter of said hoop members approximating the length of said seat member,

a pair of elongate handle members each traversing one of said hoop members and each having opposite ends rigidly secured to said hoop members,

I means for connecting and suspending said hoop members to flexible suspension elements such as chains, ropes and the like, said means comprising a pair of brackets each being secured to the upper arcuate portion of one of said hoop members and each having a coupling element thereon for connection to a chain, cable or the like.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 276,234 4/83 Fichtner 5-l22 1,230,642 6/17 Albano 272-58 1,927,223 9/33 Sollanek et al 272-87 RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

DELBERT B. LOWE, Examiner. 

